Freak Out: Penis Bridge v Surfing Mice

We all love a good weird picture – but which is the strangest of the strange? Each week, we’ll put two of our favourite bizarre images to a public vote in a tournament to find the weirdest picture in the world. Two pictures enter – only one will leave…Contender 1 – Penis BridgeContender 2 – Surfing MiceNow – vote for your favourite!

Passers-by stare at the giant penis on the Liteiny Bridge in St. Petersburg, as it rises to let river traffic through

Last week saw the fifth and final triumph for the Smoking Crows of the Maldives , who defeated the Farmer Angry At The Naked Woman by an impressive count of eight votes to two, with another two votes going to pedantic comments about whether or not the Smoking Crows were a) crows, and b) smoking. This overwhelming-if-pernickety victory sees the Smoking Crows retire undefeated, and flutter off to perch eternally in the Hall Of Fame.

As such, we have two new contenders this week hoping to take the crown. In the Penis Corner, we have a cocktacular bit of political protest from St. Petersburg, where a group of radical artists drew a 220ft penis on a drawbridge as a critique of restrictive security measures.

The giant penis, which is positioned next to the local headquarters of the FSB, Russia’s security service, is placed on the bridge in such a way that, as the bridge opens to allow river traffic to pass beneath, the penis rises proudly into the sky, glistening in the cold night air.

All’s swell: Peanut the surfing mouse catches a curl

The second contenders, in the Mouse Corner, are the surfing mice of Australia’s Gold Coast. Catching the waves on tiny, home-made surfboards, the ‘radical rodents’ are highly skilled surfers . Well, relatively speaking, given that they’re mice.

‘It’s a really stimulating way for them to live. Much more than just being stuck in a cage all their lives,’ said boat builder and surfing mouse breeder (honestly) Shane Wilmott.

The mice – Peanut, Skidmark, Rocket and Banzai – are first trained in Wilmott’s bath, before being allowed to show off their skills in the wild. Wilmott makes sure he stays clos by them, however, saying: ‘‘Gulls are a realistic threat so I have to stay close by to make sure my guys are safe. These guys aren’t just my pets, they’re my mates too.’

Which is the weirder of the two pictures? You get to decide which one will go forward into next week’s round to face a new challenger – until we find a reigning champion of weird pictures. Simply vote by leaving a comment below – either write‘Penis Bridge’if you want to vote for the phallic protest, or‘Surfing Mice’if you want to vote for the radical rodents. Let battle commence…